H06.07 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Overview of Installing the H06.07 RVU
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Managing Firmware in a NonStop Blade Complex
Firmware Modules for Shadow Image Update dialog box lists all the shadow firmware
modules for all the NonStop Blade Elements in the NonStop Blade Complex and allows
you to select the firmware modules to be updated):
You can update firmware one NonStop Blade Element at a time or all slices (Blade
Elements) at the same time. However, reset and reintegration is performed on one
NonStop Blade Element at a time. OSM notifies you to reset and then reintegrate the
updated NonStop Blade Element with the running NonStop Blade Elements. OSM also
alerts you if a reset action will result in the loss of a logical processor or in the loss of
fault tolerance for a logical processor, and advises you on appropriate actions. After a
reset action, reintegration begins automatically.
Each NonStop Blade Element contains two local flash memory devices. To ensure
redundancy during a firmware update, a duplicate image (or flash image) of each
firmware module (Primitive, ISP1040, PAL/SAL, DISKBOOT, Halted State Services,
Table 1-3. HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Server Firmware
Firmware Name
Module File-
name Notes
Halted State Services
(HSS) firmware
T0287H01^AAD
HSSFIRMW Contains HSS Main firmware.
DISKBOOT firmware
T2773H01
DSKFIRMW Diskboot is used during a system load of an
Integrity NonStop NS-series server.
PAL/SAL firmware
T0287H01^AAD
IPFFIRMW A firmware library based on the Intel Itanium
architecture. Any updates to SAL requires
an update of the entire IPFFIRMW firmware
module even if PAL has not changed.
Primitive State
Firmware
T0287H01^AAD
PRMFIRMW Primitive state firmware
ISP1040 firmware
T0480H01
ISPFIRMW ISP1040 firmware is controller firmware for
legacy I/O or SCSI disks in G-series RVUs
Baseboard
Management
Controller Firmware
(BMC) T0661H01
M0661 BMC firmware is used for board and module
maintenance. Unlike the other Blade
Element firmware, BMC firmware updates
only require a reset of the BMC in the
updated Blade Element. When you perform
the Switch to Use Shadow Firmware Image
After Reset action in OSM (or through the
guided procedure), the BMC is instantly
reset, and the Blade Element starts running
the new BMC firmware immediately. The
rest of the updated Blade Element firmware
does not become active (running) until you
reset the Blade Element.